This Hill report says Senators McCain and Feingold are working together on legislation involving earmarks. The measure aims to prevent unauthorized earmarks in appropriations bills by requiring all appropriations conference reports to be made electronically searchable 48 hours before the Senate considers them for a vote. The bill also would establish a point of order […]
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Mending the Broken Branch
The Brookings Institution will be hosting a panel discussion featuring Sarah Binder, Thomas Mann, and Norm Ornstein today. Brookings Senior Fellows Sarah Binder and Thomas E. Mann, with American Enterprise Institute Resident Scholar Norman Ornstein, will examine the 110th Congress’s legislative activity, achievements and process, with particular attention to its responses to the financial and […]
Senate Guidance on Inaugural Events
The Senate Ethics Committee released this memorandum regarding Member and staff attendance at events coinciding with this month’s inauguration.